Littleton blaze displaces 2

LITTLETON -- A three-alarm fire displaced two people from their home at the Wool and Withers Farm in Littleton during freezing weather Friday morning.

The fire broke out at 323 King St. around 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to Deputy Fire Chief Tom Clancy. Flames were in the house's chimney and spread into the kitchen, but firefighters had the scene under control within 10 minutes of arrival, Clancy said.

Littleton Fire Chief Scott Wodzinski said Friday afternoon that the fire started in the house's outdated chimney and then spread through the walls.

One of the house's two residents was home when the blaze started, but she was not injured, Clancy said. Firefighters also rescued a kitten from the second floor, and the kitten is recovering at a veterinary clinic.

However, the house was damaged and the family is currently displaced.

"At this point, the house is not livable," Clancy said. "There's considerable damage to the first floor, and there's water damage ... And we ventilated the roof as well, so there's a hole in the roof."

Assessors' records put the date of the house's construction at 1900. The property is home to the Wool and Withers Farm, which breeds Icelandic sheep and Gypsy Cobs.

Firefighters were on the scene for more than an hour and a half during single-digit temperatures Friday. Clancy said the weather was one reason the call went up to three alarms, and while the hoses did not have any problems, much of the water that ran off froze almost immediately upon hitting the ground.

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"The street is covered in ice now, so (the cold weather) presents challenges just as heat does," Clancy said.

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